46 
It at first occurred to the writer whether they might have been 
the shells of snails which had been eaten by the early inhabitants 
who formed the pit, just as they are occasionally found within the 
precincts of ancient encampments, but he has since been informed 
that they are not edible snails, so that this idea must be put aside. 
It may be mentioned on the authority of Mr. Llewellyn Jewitt, 
that similar shells have been found amongst the interments in the 
grave mounds of Derbyshire. 
Such being a summary of the principal contents of this pit, it 
may now be considered by whom and in what age this isolated pit 
was probably formed, and what purpose it was intended to serve. 
In considering these questions the writer would offer no opinion 
of his own, but would rather express the views of Professor Boyd 
Dawkins and Mr. Arthur Bulleid whose opinions he has already 
quoted, and to whom he would take this opportunity of expressing 
his great obligation for much useful help in connection with the 
present paper. 
In the opinion of the former the whole group belongs to the 
Prehistoric Iron age, and may probably have belonged to a mining 
{or other) camp in connection with the Glastonbury lake village. 
He remarks that coarse pottery of the description here met 
with occurs in Neolithic and Prehistoric Iron finds, and not in 
Roman accumulations, and that the Quern is in his opinion also of 
Prehistoric Iron age. 
Mr. Arthur Bulleid agrees with Professor Boyd Dawkins that 
the bones and teeth were those of Sheep and Deer. He says he 
has little doubt that the pit discovered is one of the refuse holes 
so frequently found in or about Romano-British Settlements, that 
these pits range from four to ten feet deep, and when filled up 
were often made second use of for graves. He believes there 
must have been a habitation or a village not far distant, and that 
this interesting find may be only the beginning of more important 
discoveries. 
The adjoining land having formerly been under cultivation, 

